Tampere-based Christian Democrat MP Sari Tanus warns that rural Finland must be actively supported and not treated as an occasionally open local history museum, in response to a newly released rural policy statement.
Tampere will start charging tuition for third-country students at Tredu and local upper secondary schools next autumn, with rates up to 102,300 euros for the forestry degree.
According to the City of Tampere, a new anonymous channel for reporting racist incidents across city services, venues and public transport will open by summer.
Tampere will open an anonymous channel in June for residents to report racist incidents; submissions will be screened and handled by the city or partner organisations.
Oikeuspalveluvirasto plans to close more than 100 offices across Finland, shrinking its network from 158 to 38 by 2027 and concentrating services in Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Lahti, Kuopio and Joensuu. The reform would also affect staffing, with 81 percent of the soon-to-be-closed offices currently without staff.
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Orivesi rejects Battery 3 Finland's lithium mining plan near Eräjärvi, saying the site lies in inhabited areas and is central to nature, tourism and livelihoods; the company already has one permit and a second application is pending as the city appeals to Hämeenlinna Administrative Court.
The Tax Administration's new guidelines limit lunch vouchers to store-made meals or assembled salads, excluding ready-made salads and fruits, creating hardship for shift workers.
Tampere University has graduated 116 medical licentiates in a ceremony at the university's main hall, bringing Tampere's total to 4,554 graduates.
Urjala will leave Tampere's employment area to join Western Pirkanmaa amid a spike in unemployment. The town’s rate stands at 18.2% with 236 jobless in January 2025 and 339 in January 2026.
A Tampere student moves into a Tesoma loft with a four-meter ceiling for a new Aamulehti video series profiling Pirkanmaa students’ homes, starting with 23-year-old Ilari Huitti.
Teisko Green deputy councillor Jukka T. Helin argues that Luontokoulu Korento must stay in Terälahd in Teisko and opposes relocating it to Järvensivu.
A power outage at Tampere Lyseo High School delayed the start of exams by about 50 minutes on Tuesday morning, affecting 158 students.
Tampere seeks its thriftiest saver for an interview to share money-saving tips in tough times, Tamperelainen reports.
Tampere University has opened its spring joint admissions, including a new Robotics MSc program and more than 3,600 Finnish-language study places across 163 options.
Tampere's logopedics program has left the shared entrance exam and will offer a free course that doubles as entrance exam preparation, starting this spring.
A city survey found only about half of Tampere residents have the recommended 72‑hour emergency supply, while more than a third do not know where to find reliable official information in an emergency.
Parkano leads Pirkanmaa in per-capita clothing donations to UFF in 2025, while Tampere accounts for the largest share of the region's total donations.
A single Veikkaus Milli draw hit on Monday won €1 million, shared by online players from Raasepori, Kangasala and Lahti.
<p>Nearly 500 exam sensors are evaluating the responses of more than 50,000 candidates as Finland's spring matriculation exams begin, YLE writes. The exams start nationwide with a record 50,400 candidates, about 2,100 more than spring 2025, and 5,097 in Pirkanmaa (up from 4,769). The Matriculation Examination Board says the major disruption from last autumn has been addressed, and guidelines have been clarified; it can activate an incident page to share status updates and instructions with schools if needed. The spring 2026 exam will be the last to use the Abitti 1 testing system, as Abitti 2 will be introduced in autumn 2026. The sensors' identities are kept strictly secret, and YLE notes that a 2024 list includes almost 500 names, with 2025 data not yet public. Four sensors spoke to the story, illustrating a wide range of backgrounds from university lecturers and professors to a sales and marketing manager who has spent 15 years teaching French in high school.</p>
A 40-year-old Tampere man says he wants to become a father but cannot find a suitable partner, underscoring the challenges men face in starting a family.